Psy3032 - Abnormal Psychology - Week 2 Indigenous And Immigrants

Front 1

What percentage of Aboriginal Men and woman die before the age of 45?

Back 1

Men - almost half
Woman - over a third

Front 2

What are Aboriginal people 18 years and over twice as likely as their non-indigenous counterparts to experience?

Back 2

feel high or very high levels of psychological distress

Front 3

In 2008-09 how much more likely are indigenous Australians to be hospitalised for mental or behavioural disorders than non-indigenous Australians?

Back 3

Twice as likely

Front 4

How much more likely are indigenous men and woman likely to die from mental health disorders in 2001-2005 than other Australians?

Back 4

Men - 5.8 times
Woman - 3.1 times

Front 5

Why are indigenous Australians less likely to receive care for mental health disorders?

Back 5

cultural resistance and fear, discrimination, remote and rural locations.

Front 6

What percentage of indigenous children born to mothers living in remote indigenous communities are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?

Back 6

50%

Front 7

What have one in five indigenous people had happen to a member of their family in the previous 12 months?

Back 7

have had a family member sent to jail

Front 8

What percentage of Indigenous people have experienced one or more significant stressors in the past twelve months, compared to what percentage of all Australians?

Back 8

Indigenous - 77%
All Australians - 59%

Front 9

What is the average age of death for indigenous men and woman resulting from 'mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use? And how much higher are the rates for men and woman than the non-indigenous counterparts?

Back 9

Average age for both men & woman is 35 to 44 years.
Men - 14 times higher
Woman - 12 times higher

Front 10

In 2003-2007 how much higher were the death rates from intentional self harm for indigenous compared to non-indigenous counterparts?

Back 10

1.5 to 3.5 times higher

Front 11

What percentage of indigenous Australians and then non-indigenous Australians did not drink alcohol in the previous 12 months?

Back 11

Indigenous - 29%
Non-indigenous - 26%

Front 12

What percentage of Indigenous mothers drink alcohol above the acceptable levels while pregnant?

Back 12

48%

Front 13

Children who were forced to be seperated from their parents have what?

Back 13

twice the risk of clinically significant emotional and behavioural problems and twice the risk of committing suicide

Front 14

What percentage of indigenous people aged 15 years or over reported being a victim of physical or threatened violence in a 12 months period?

Back 14

24% (26% males and 23% females)

Front 15

How does culture impact on mental illness diagnosis?

Back 15

it defines what is normal

Front 16

Indigenous have a strong sense of community built around what two factors?

Back 16

tradition and relationship with the environment

Front 17

What are some historical events that have impacted on the psychological well-being of indigenous australians?

Back 17

land theft, massacres, stolen children, missionisation, forced movement and resettlement, and restricted movement on reserves

Front 18

What are the 6 considerations in the expanatory model of illness?

Back 18

1. Cause of symptoms - what has happened and why?
2. The timing of symptoms onset - why this has occurred now?
3. Pathophysiological processes - what the condition does to the body?
4. The natural history of the malady - its anticipated course and effects is left untreated?
5. Appropriate treatments - what the patient thinks should be done?
6. Complications of stigma, sear, access to care

Front 19

The explanatory model of illness helps to explain what?

Back 19

culturally bound considerations in etiology

Front 20

What can different explanatory models do?

Back 20

coexist

Front 21

What differences across cultures are found in severe mental illness such as bipolar and schizophrenia?

Back 21

Exist but may be interpreted and treated differently

Front 22

Is war a cultural variable?

Back 22

no

Front 23

Is the idea of normal a cultural variable?

Back 23

yes

Front 24

Female masturbation was regarded in the early 1900's as a sign of what?

Back 24

madness

Front 25

What is Amok?

Back 25

a shamen put a spell on the man and the man is now having psychotic symptoms (as we understand it using the DSM)

Front 26

The main point about looking at explanatory models in each cultures is what?

Back 26

to understand that the explanatory models depend of the culture in which they were devised

Front 27

Explanatory models have validity in what?

Back 27

a particular culture

Front 28

What is ataque de nervios?

Back 28

culturally pattered dissociative reaction to stress arising in a person predisposed by exposure to trauma during childhood. Stress following trauma and presents like PSTD

Front 29

The cambodian term "thinking too much", limitations of interactions, being passive, broken courage is thought to derive for what?

Back 29

generational inheritance of fear response due to consistent trauma of the culture from Pol Pot

Front 30

Why are woman particularly vulnerable when immigrating?

Back 30

they are isolated, particularly is they have children, develop postnatal depression and do not receive treatment